Biomaterial Database

An additional example of autoanti-M. 1980

D R Vale, and I M Harris

A sixth example of a potent autoanti-M is described in a nongravida, nontransfused Caucasian woman. The anti-M was still present after a period of 12 months without any apparent cause.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007048	I Blood-Group System	A blood group related both to the ABO and P systems that includes several different antigens found in most people on erythrocytes, in milk, and in saliva. The antibodies react only at low temperatures.	Blood-Group System, I,Blood-Group Systems, I,I Blood Group System,I Blood-Group Systems,System, I Blood-Group,Systems, I Blood-Group
D007075	Immunoglobulin M	A class of immunoglobulin bearing mu chains (IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS). IgM can fix COMPLEMENT. The name comes from its high molecular weight and originally was called a macroglobulin.	Gamma Globulin, 19S,IgM,IgM Antibody,IgM1,IgM2,19S Gamma Globulin,Antibody, IgM
D008623	Mercaptoethanol	A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.	2-ME,2-Mercaptoethanol,2 Mercaptoethanol
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D008951	MNSs Blood-Group System	A system of universal human blood group isoantigens with many associated subgroups. The M and N traits are codominant and the S and s traits are probably very closely linked alleles, including the U antigen. This system is most frequently used in paternity studies.	Blood-Group System, MNSs,Blood-Group Systems, MNSs,MNSs Blood Group System,MNSs Blood-Group Systems,System, MNSs Blood-Group,Systems, MNSs Blood-Group
D003080	Cold Temperature	An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm.	Cold,Cold Temperatures,Temperature, Cold,Temperatures, Cold
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000042	Absorption	The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.
D001323	Autoantibodies	Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them.	Autoantibody